ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
The threat of Islamophobia
After every Islamist outrage, every atrocity, a lament goes up, bemoaning Islamophobia, as if it was a fact and a real threat. Then people forget, until the next outrage. In…
Brahma Chellaney: The Western Roots of Anti-Western Terror
Brahma Chellaney repeats, in the “The Western Roots of Anti-Western Terror“, the theory that all evil and disorder in today’s world stems invariably and unavoidably from western interventionism. As if…
The Guardian: Borderless terrorism can only be tackled by borderless intelligence by Guy Verhofstadt
The Guardian: Borderless terrorism can only be tackled by borderless intelligence by Guy Verhofstadt …our security services need to work together much more closely. Following the attacks in Paris, it’s…
Gordon Adams in Foreign Policy: France Has Been No Friend to Muslims
Gordon Adams, in France Has Been No Friend to Muslims manages to make sound the 732 battle of Poitiers as only the first of many acts of aggression against Islam:…
The Daily Beast: Russia Is Sending Jihadis to Join ISIS
Michael Weiss writes: “Russia Is Sending Jihadis to Join ISIS” Even as Washington touts its counterterrorism partnerships with Moscow, evidence points to Putin’s intelligence service practically helping the Islamic State.…
Abdennour Bidar: Lettre ouverte au monde musulman
A Muslim philosopher on the monster within Islam. English version. Time to start actually thinking, not just reacting. Trouble is that there are not many more voices like that. The…
Nie słuchaj ojca swego. Rozmowa z autorem książki “Miasta śmierci. Sąsiedzkie pogromy Żydów”|Gazeta Wyborcza
Marcin Kącki w Gazecie Wyborczej: Nie słuchaj ojca swego. Rozmowa z autorem książki “Miasta śmierci. Sąsiedzkie pogromy Żydów”
Wilfred Owen: “Anthem for Doomed Youth” 1917
Many Europeans born at the beginning of the XXth century had the privilege of participating as combatants or be civilian victims of two world wars. And still, so many people…
Google Translate error sees Spanish town advertise clitoris festival
The mistranslation made it more fun than the original… It goes to show that human translators – and people using their own brains – are still useful, even in a…
Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine: «Face à l’islamisme, certains intellectuels «progressistes» sont dangereux»
FIGAROVOX/GRAND ENTRETIEN : Dans son essai La pensée égarée, Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine explore plus d’une décennie de capitulation des « élites » face à la montée de l’islamisme radical. Après l’attentat…